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A [[transition]]al or indeterminate [[state]] between [[Culture|culturally]] defined stages of a [[person]]'s life; spec. such a state occupied during a [[ritual]] or rite of passage, characterized by a sense of [[solidarity]] between participants. | A [[transition]]al or indeterminate [[state]] between [[Culture|culturally]] defined stages of a [[person]]'s life; spec. such a state occupied during a [[ritual]] or rite of passage, characterized by a sense of [[solidarity]] between participants. | ||
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| + | The liminal [[state]] is characterized by [[ambiguity]], openness, and [[indeterminacy]]. One's sense of [[identity]] dissolves to some extent, bringing about disorientation. Liminality is a period of transition where normal limits to [[thought]], self-[[understanding]], and [[behavior]] are [[relaxed]] - a situation which can lead to new [[perspectives]]. | ||
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| + | [[Persons|People]], places, or [[things]] may not complete a [[transition]], or a transition between two states may not be fully possible. Those who remain in a state between two other states may become permanently liminal. | ||
| + | ==See also== | ||
| + | *'''''[[Sublime]]''''' | ||
| + | ==Notes== | ||
| + | # "liminal", Oxford English Dictionary. Ed. J.A. Simpson and E.S.C. Weiner. 2nd ed. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1989. OED Online Oxford University Press. Accessed June 23, 2007; cf. [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/subliminal subliminal]. | ||
| + | # "Liminality and Communitas", in "The Ritual Process: Structure and Anti-Structure" (New Brunswick: Aldine Transaction Press, 2008). | ||
| + | # Victor Turner, "Betwixt and Between: The Liminal Period in Rites de Passage", in Religion. Macmillan Reference USA/Gale Group. 2006. Retrieved 2007-06-22. | ||
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Latest revision as of 01:22, 13 December 2020
A transitional or indeterminate state between culturally defined stages of a person's life; spec. such a state occupied during a ritual or rite of passage, characterized by a sense of solidarity between participants.
The liminal state is characterized by ambiguity, openness, and indeterminacy. One's sense of identity dissolves to some extent, bringing about disorientation. Liminality is a period of transition where normal limits to thought, self-understanding, and behavior are relaxed - a situation which can lead to new perspectives.
People, places, or things may not complete a transition, or a transition between two states may not be fully possible. Those who remain in a state between two other states may become permanently liminal.
See also
Notes
- "liminal", Oxford English Dictionary. Ed. J.A. Simpson and E.S.C. Weiner. 2nd ed. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1989. OED Online Oxford University Press. Accessed June 23, 2007; cf. subliminal.
- "Liminality and Communitas", in "The Ritual Process: Structure and Anti-Structure" (New Brunswick: Aldine Transaction Press, 2008).
- Victor Turner, "Betwixt and Between: The Liminal Period in Rites de Passage", in Religion. Macmillan Reference USA/Gale Group. 2006. Retrieved 2007-06-22.
